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You can save 25 percent off of the guest room standard rate when you stay at your choice of 1,190 participating hotel and resort properties in North America, South America, Central America, Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean with …
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Earn 2,000 Bonus Points Per Pay With Points Stay Spring 2022 With Best Western Rewards
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When you redeem Best Western Rewards points for an eligible stay at any hotel or resort property in the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean islands which are part of the portfolio of brands of Best Western between Monday, February 7, 2022 and Sunda…
Earn 2,000 Bonus Points Per Pay With Points Stay Spring 2022 With Best Western Rewards
Written by The Gate @ BoardingArea
When you redeem Best Western Rewards points for an eligible stay at any hotel or resort property in the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean islands which are part of the portfolio of brands of Best Western between Monday, February 7, 2022 and Sunda…
Travel Alert February 2022: More Airline Waivers and States of Emergency Declared Due to Massive Winter Storm
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If the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and southeastern Canada are in your travel plans over the next few days or so, you may want to consider delaying your travel — or, at least, keep yourself updated as to the latest information pertaining …
Earn 500 Bonus World of Hyatt Points Per Night February 2022 at New Hotel and Resort Properties
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You can earn 500 bonus World of Hyatt points per qualifying night for staying at new hotel and resort properties around the world during specified offer periods, which became effective as of Wednesday, May 1, 2019…
…and because…
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Is $50 Worth “Upgrading” From Basic Economy to Main Cabin Economy Class?
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When a new official policy from Delta Air Lines was announced on Thursday, December 9, 2021 that tickets which are purchased at the Basic Economy fare will no longer be eligible to earn miles in the SkyMiles frequent flier loyalty program — nor will th…
Travel Alert January 2022: Massive Winter Storm to Impact United States East of the Rocky Mountains and Southeastern Canada
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If the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and southeastern Canada are in your travel plans over the next few days or so, you may want to consider delaying your travel — or, at least, keep yourself updated as to the latest information pertaining …
Award Pricing to Change March 1 2022 Redeeming Mileage Plan Miles For American Airlines Flights
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Changes continue to slowly permeate — some people may use the word erode — the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan frequent flier loyalty program; and the latest official announcement portends that the pricing of award travel with American Airlines may “vary …
Bans on International Travel are Ineffective: World Health Organization
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Included in a statement at the tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee — which was convened by the director-general of the World Health Organization under the International Health Regulations and pertained to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease pandemi…
Which Are the Most Popular House Plants in Different Parts of the World?
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As a member of the FlyerTalk community, I have visited the homes of friends all over the world — and the natural thing to do when one sees the interior of a house or apartment for the first time is to look around and notice what is inside: types of fur…
Sunday Morning Photograph January 30 2022: Out of Order in a Mississippi Swamp.
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Human beings typically like order in general. Nature usually prefers order as well, much of the time. However, things can get out of order with seemingly no explanation — even if a perfectly good reason exists for the disruption — and sometimes that di…
What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 130
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Walking can have an observer see details which motorists typically cannot when driving a vehicle — and that happened to me during a recent walk when I was passing a traffic sign with the posted speed limit, which caused me to stop and take a second loo…
Virtual Tour of Three Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Which Were Never Built
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Architecture is one of the critical components of the identity of many destinations around the world. Columns in Greece, hanoks in South Korea, utopian buildings in Germany, and ornate flourishes in France are just four of what seems to be an infinite …
Answers to Past Articles — Part 25: iStore No iPhones to Purchse Onoin Concentrate Punch Signs
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In past articles in which your participation was not only requested but also helpful and humorous, I did not give the answers to questions which I have posed to you; so this article is the twenty-fifth of a series to do just that — along with links to …
So You Think You Know Airport Codes? Test Your Knowledge. Part Eight.
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So you think you know airport codes? Well, you are about to find out.
This is the eighth of a series of articles here at The Gate with which you could have some fun at testing your knowledge pertaining to airport codes — and although the first seven ar…
Travel Alert January 2022: More Airline Waivers and States of Emergency Declared Due to Major Winter Storm
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If the northeastern United States and eastern Canada are in your travel plans over the next few days or so, you may want to consider delaying your travel — or, at least, keep yourself updated as to the latest information pertaining to the weather — due…
Miles and Points On Sale — January 27 2022
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Sometimes you need an infusion of miles or points to your membership account for whatever reason — perhaps to have enough to redeem for a limited time award as one example — and the best time to purchase miles or points is when they are on sale.
A sale…
As Low as One Euro Per Flight With Vueling Airlines February 2022
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Purchase tickets for as low as one euro from Vueling Airlines for travel one way via select routes between Tuesday, February 1, 2022 and Monday, February 28, 2022, with no promotion code required…
…but you must…
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Travel Alert January 2022: Major Winter Storm to Impact Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada
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If the northeastern United States and eastern Canada are in your travel plans over the next few days or so, you may want to consider delaying your travel — or, at least, keep yourself updated as to the latest information pertaining to the weather — due…
Miles and Points On Sale — January 26 2022
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Sometimes you need an infusion of miles or points to your membership account for whatever reason — perhaps to have enough to redeem for a limited time award as one example — and the best time to purchase miles or points is when they are on sale.
A sale…